For this 1st Sunday in Lent of 2006, Pastor Peter Bastien focuses on Psalm 25, v. 10, All the paths of the Lord are steadfast love and faithfulness, for those who keep his covenant and his decrees. He argues that this is not a conditional statement, but rather a promisewhat Lent is about is the promise of God to love us always, and our goal metanoia as a new mind, new sight, not just feeling bad about the things we may have done is to recognize that God is near, here, never far away. Each person next to you, as well as the work for peace and justice, is an opportunity to meet the God called Love. Our Lenten challenge is to make everyone, not just Christians, but everyone everywhere, part of us, our kin.